About Maggie, the Seaway Valley's Queen of Crime
Welcome to the world of Maggie Wheeler, the Seaway Valley's Queen of Crime. Delve into the haunting past era of our nation's history through her historical murder mysteries. Discover the impact and continuing fallout of the creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
The queen of crime
For 25 years, Maggie Wheeler has reigned as the Seaway Valley’s Queen of Crime. Her popular Farran Mackenzie Lost Villages mysteries explore the mammoth construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project of the 1950s—and its equally mammoth fallout on landscape, economy, community, shared history, and human story.
Haunting historical mysteries
Media coverage of Maggie and her work has included CBC Ontario Morning, The Montreal Gazette, The Ottawa Citizen, and The National Post. Her mystery series has garnered multiple awards, including a nomination for the Ontario Premier’s Awards for the Arts, an Ontario Provincial Hansard, and the FACES Magazine Ottawa’s Favourite Female Author award in 2017.
Historical murder mysteries
Maggie holds a Masters in English and a Bachelor of Education in English and history. She is also a national historian as contributor to Historica Canada’s The Canadian Encyclopedia—the official national online resource for all things Canadiana.
"Maggie Wheeler's writing takes you on a journey through time, revealing the hidden secrets of the Seaway Valley with every thrilling page."
A Reader from Brockville, Ontario